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<h2>THE THIEVES AND THE COCK</h2>
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<p>Some Thieves broke into a <span class="picturedef house">house</span>
, and found nothing worth taking
except a Cock, which they seized and carried off with them. When
they were preparing their supper, one of them caught <span class="picturedef up">up</span>
 the Cock,
and was about to <span class="picturedef wring">wring</span>
 his <span class="picturedef neck">neck</span>
, when he cried out for mercy and
said, "Pray do not kill me: you will find me a most useful <span class="picturedef bird">bird</span>
,
for I rouse honest men to their work in the <span class="picturedef morning">morning</span>
 by my <span class="picturedef crow">crowing</span>
."
But the Thief replied with some heat, "Yes, I know you do, making
it still harder for us to get a livelihood. Into the pot you
go!"</p>
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